A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9323 West, latitude 19.0121 North, depth = 91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91 km (57 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 09:38:57 / June 8, 2018 @ 9:38 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:38:57 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018159008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018159008.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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